[TUHS] A thing I did (AI Slop Alert)
[TUHS] A thing I did (AI Slop Alert)
Ken Thompson via TUHS<br>tuhs at tuhs.org
Wed Aug 12 11:20:23 AEST 2026
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a week ago, i was trying to get AI to<br>help me design an electronic circuit.<br>there were about four critical pieces,<br>and on every iteration, it would let<br>one lapse. in frustration, i said<br>something like "you're hopeless, i quit."
the damn thing passed me off to a<br>suicide hot line. worse than that,<br>i wouldnt let me go. i finally had<br>to declare how very happy i was and<br>what a nice day it was before it let<br>me go.
i guess the AIs are very aware of<br>when they taught a kid how to<br>off himself.
On Tue, Aug 11, 2026 at 6:12 PM Kenneth Goodwin via TUHS tuhs at tuhs.org><br>wrote:
> On the off topic subject of AI, I just asked Google's AI running on my<br>> smart clock-<br>> Hey Google, what kind of day did you have?<br>> She replied<br>> I had a very good day. I studied in detail all the musical instruments of<br>> the world.<br>> She then said the name of an obscure (to me) musical instrument from India<br>> and began playing a lovely tune on that instrument..<br>> Was not a response I anticipated. Her usually response being "I am sorry,<br>> I do not understand the question"<br>> On Tue, Aug 11, 2026, 8:48 PM Noel Hunt via TUHS tuhs at tuhs.org> wrote:<br>> > I would have to say that my experience of what is called 'AI' is somewhat<br>> > akin to that of Mark V. Shaney when he said 'I once spent an interesting<br>> > evening with a grain of salt'.<br>> >
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